Three and a half years after seeking Chapter 11 protection, Tribune has received court approval to exit bankruptcy, reports Reuters. The approval was granted Friday by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Carey in Wilmington, Del., with the judge overruling objections to…
Charlie Sheen’s starring vehicle "Anger Management" continued to lose viewers in its third week, with an average of 2.42 million people tuning in for the show’s fourth episode, reports B&C. That’s a 28% decline from the previous week in total…
It’s official: NBC and Microsoft ended their online relationship, which stemmed from the early days of the Internet, with the software giant receiving about $300 million for its 50% stake in MSNBC.com, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder. We…
CBS has been dialing it in with repeat programming for most of the summer, but the network finally broke out a fresh program Thursday night … only to see it bow to unspectacular ratings. “Big Brother” had its summer premiere…
DirecTV, which is mired in stalled carriage negotiations with Viacom — resulting in Viacom’s 17 channels being dropped from the DirecTV lineup — has made a programming move that appears to be a direct shot at Viacom’s kids’ channels, Deadline.com…
If NBC’s aim in replacing Ann Curry with Savannah Guthrie on the “Today” show was to pump up the morning show’s numbers in its ratings fight with ABC’s “Good Morning America,” the first week has not gone well. "Today" is…
As negotiations continue between Viacom and DirecTV — and with Viacom’s 17 channels blacked out on the satellite provider’s systems — DirecTV has rolled out a freebie for its 20 million subscribers, Deadline.com reports. “DirecTV says it is providing eight…
Following a favorable court ruling this week, the online television service Aereo is expected to expand to a number of major U.S. cities by 2013, Bloomberg reports, citing an interview with backer Barry Diller. "We’re going to really start marketing,”…
Disney Channel has ordered another season of a family sitcom, Deadline.com reports. The cable channel has picked up a fourth season of “Good Luck Charlie.” The show was the top cable series in tweens and in kids 6-11 in the…
The television streaming service Aereo, backed by Barry Diller, got approval from a federal judge to go ahead, with the judge denying a temporary injunction sought by television broadcasters to shut down the service, reports The New York Times’ Media…